"White children, in the main, and whether they are rich or poor, grow up with a grasp of reality so feeble that they can very accurately be described as deluded--about themselves and the world they live in. White people have managed to get through their entire lifetimes in this euphoric state, but black people have not been so lucky: a black man who sees the world the way John Wayne, for example, sees it would not be an eccentric patriot, but a raving maniac." James Baldwin

Can I say she doesn't appreciate humor or satire. She's OK with gays, it's is just 'a disapproval.' Isn't that so tolerant? Reminds me of the Southerners (and Northerner and many in-between) who used to tell me, "Coloreds (and not repeatable) are OK, I just don't want them living near me or marrying my sister." And then she labels liberals in the same manner in which she sees them labeling her republicanism. How bizarre. But that is a characteristic of modern rhetorical spin, all things are turned around so soon we are unsure which direction we face or you face or they face.

Republicans aren't racist, nah. "You start out in 1954 by saying, &#8220;******, ******, ******.&#8221; By 1968 you can&#8217;t say &#8220;******&#8221; &#8212; that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states&#8217; rights and all that stuff. You&#8217;re getting so abstract now you&#8217;re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you&#8217;re talking about are totally economic things and a by-product of them is blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I&#8217;m not saying that. But I&#8217;m saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me &#8212; because obviously sitting around saying, &#8220;We want to cut this,&#8221; is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than &#8220;******, ******.&#8221; Lee Atwater, Republican strategist Quoted in http://leiterreports.typepad.com/files/raritan-essay.pdf. And see my: http://www.usmessageboard.com/race-relations-racism/61091-life-in-a-parallel-universe.html

I'm sorry if this offends the holier than thou republicans or conservatives or ahistorical ideologues and who missed a history I saw firsthand, but I found it funny and insightful in that bizarre manner in which reality is often only done justice by exaggerated humor and exaggerated stereotypes.

"White children, in the main, and whether they are rich or poor, grow up with a grasp of reality so feeble that they can very accurately be described as deluded--about themselves and the world they live in. White people have managed to get through their entire lifetimes in this euphoric state, but black people have not been so lucky: a black man who sees the world the way John Wayne, for example, sees it would not be an eccentric patriot, but a raving maniac." James Baldwin

Can I say she doesn't appreciate humor or satire. She's OK with gays, it's is just 'a disapproval.' Isn't that so tolerant? Reminds me of the Southerners (and Northerner and many in-between) who used to tell me, "Coloreds (and not repeatable) are OK, I just don't want them living near me or marrying my sister." And then she labels liberals in the same manner in which she sees them labeling her republicanism. How bizarre. But that is a characteristic of modern rhetorical spin, all things are turned around so soon we are unsure which direction we face or you face or they face.

Republicans aren't racist, nah. "You start out in 1954 by saying, ******, ******, ******. By 1968 you cant say ******  that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states rights and all that stuff. Youre getting so abstract now youre talking about cutting taxes, and all these things youre talking about are totally economic things and a by-product of them is blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. Im not saying that. But Im saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me  because obviously sitting around saying, We want to cut this, is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than ******, ******. Lee Atwater, Republican strategist Quoted in http://leiterreports.typepad.com/files/raritan-essay.pdf. And see my: http://www.usmessageboard.com/race-relations-racism/61091-life-in-a-parallel-universe.html

I'm sorry if this offends the holier than thou republicans or conservatives or ahistorical ideologues and who missed a history I saw firsthand, but I found it funny and insightful in that bizarre manner in which reality is often only done justice by exaggerated humor and exaggerated stereotypes.

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